BREAKING: Province comes through with funding for twin-pad McMeeken centre replacement – SooToday
Sault Ste. Marie councillors logged on to tonight’s virtual City Council meeting expecting to argue about whether to scale back the $27.9 million W. J. McMeeken Centre replacement, or finance it with long-term debt.
But Sault MPP Ross Romano and Laurie Scott, provincial minister of infrastructure, made a surprise – and very welcome – announcement: the province has agreed to contribute $18 million toward the new twin-pad arena.
Last year, the Ontario government rejected a city application for funding…
